LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6486, 13 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council will be held this eveniug.

At the last meeting of the Tauraaga County Council a conimuuication was read from the Secretary of Agriculture intimating > that the plant Jmowa as goat's rue (Galega ofiituualis) has been added to the third schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act. The effect of this is that any local authority may now declare, by special order, the plant to be a noxious weed within ita district. Ihe Department's officers will then see that the clearing of the weed is enforced. It was also stated that goat's ru& is spreading in some districts, particularly around VVoodville and Palmerston North, where it has resulted in one or two cases of mortality amongst sheep.—Several councillors said they did not know the weed referred to and the Chairman was authorised to interview Mr L J B Grant, fields inspector, and report on the subject to the next meeting of the Council.

At the Police Qourt on Saturday morning, before Messrs 0 E Macmillan and G W Brown, J.lVs, George Percy Kelly for disorderly conduct while drunk was lined £1, and for using ebscene langaage £3.

A shooting match between the Te Puke Gun Club ai:d Tauranga Gun Club, was held on the latter's range at JSulphur i'oinc on Thursday last, and resulted in a win for the Taurangi team by thirteen points The following are the scores:—Te Puke team: JMe Ewen 8, J Brown 8, W Barrow 7, W Bird 7, C Chester 6, E Kerr G, A Montgomery 6, W Fergusou 6, D Barrow 5, H McCormick 5. Total 64. Tauranga team: JU King 10, W Tnnner 10, J Tanner 10, EChadbau 8, X Cook 8, T Quirk 8, G Brown 7, B O'Neill 7, N Uuirk 6, M Uuirk 3. Total 77, A sweepstake match was also fired, 11 Cook, with a handicap of M yards, winning with a possible of 5 birds. 0 Chester, W Bird, and E Kerr, tied for second place with 4 birds each, W Bird winning the shoot off for second place.

Miss Allely, Secretary of the local nursing class of the St. John Ambulance Association, has received the following letter from the Secretary of the Auckland Centr*:—"l have received the result of the examination of the Ntfrsing Class, and have much pleasure in informing you that all your members passed, fourteen of the twenty-five m the iirat class. You should now form a Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, so that, if it is necessary to have a Convalescent Hospital at Tauranga, your members may be competent to assist in staffing it. ... I shall be glad it' you will tbauk Mr Law for having acted as Supervisor at theexamination." The following are the names ot the twenty-five ladies who sat for and passed the examination:—Mesdatues Baigent and Phillips and Miates B. Adams, M. Allely, B. Brain, S. R. Dames, E. Delepino, L. England, M. S. Ferguson, M. Fookes, E. Hammond, M. A, Humphries, R. Mark, E. Potts, L. Price, M. Robbins, S. Robbing, M. Robinson, D. Samuel, E. Tanner, C. Tobin, .D. Tollemache, E. Tutchen, W. Whiting? and M. Tanner. M Beware of substitutes—get the geiwine OTpUe's Schnapps, . .

On Wednesday at2Dm gemisea, Ninth Avenue v % WUwa »nd Bobbins wiUoffi fc* by public auction the whoV Af funuture and effects of Mr W P ?, hs who is leaving Tauranga, *rk»

Appiicutiuiu iiro invited h Public Works D.nirtment f tlie Engineei's assistant* for tho 'JW, ail Wain railway. The applied t^> on the 16th inst cl °* A meeting of tho Agricultural m, Committee of the A and P w,.° r was held in the Forester S OO Wednesday evening last, Mr UchCi pnundiog The schedule To, T" cmmn S show was revise! B n,l audition made to the regulation.* bulls ,vc V w,lve ra onths^t«s\ at rung ani led, if desire;! by i£ tbe mitteo. Notice of motion, *£**' by Mr I^hhcadthatti.e ahovtSS on Friday, December 10th, ,***"** Thursday, December 9th T J °f outcome cf a promise made bv-v! Hanson, malinger of the \ T 2l Steamship Company, tint 1 «m day night, returning about y „ n 8" Saturday, also a steamer from 1 * ports provided the show are held on cousecutive days. At the Magistrates' Court on m.day before Mr R W Dye/s?' judgment for plaintiffs Wa a *;-? •' the followingeasesr-Youun, jy? Ul 9d costs £1 3s Gd; Public TrS 9 £^ a.- Os on, w i least*y v J Pi*,', • £11. Od, costs 10,^4^7; consent was gim in tho case F A Turner (Mr Tudhope) v O Anl £2 t Is, costs I Ss. J 'UAqdor *m

At the Magistrates' Court on Thurs. day, Oth met, before Mr }l WSi S.M, the following julglT monses were dealt with:—Trie/« a Thompson vj Cairncrow £\9\^ with coste £11; defendant was oniiS to pay 03 per month, ia default tw e l one day* imprisonment. JRieketU (Mr Droingool) v W Stephens, Xl 18 costs o; ordered to be paid iv seven da^ormdofautseve.dayai^ 1: ment. Jaue Folev (Mr TuHhr, n «» ordered to be paid within a mo nlh 5 default fourteen days imprisonment.

The following further "fine-" j laVfl been received in connection with the Mock Court:-A Tudhope £l v a Bennett 2s 0d; AnonymoSs £2 <>!• v ALmdellos; EB Lookett 5a- SG Patterson 5 8 ; A Fleet os: M Armstmn^ MVN Walker £22^(5X0^5^ D 1-eildiug 6s. '